Vintage Chinese Jade Nephrite Bi

This huge Chinese Serpentine/Jade tower was Intricately and elaborately open carved dragons with a lot of free rings and chains works and details. I...

This magnificent Chinese Antique Carved stump Happy Buddha Statuary is 100% hand made and hand carved in about 1850 - 1900 from the tree stump. Following ...

A Chinese antique carved stone wall plaque with traces of original polymorphic and nice patina. Crafted in China, this carved stone wall plaque will ...

This magnificent Chinese wood carved Quan Yin Statuary. It shows very detailed hand carving works on it. It is all hand made and hand carved Quan Yin standing on the dragon from boxw...

This is a set of two (2) very fine quality (2) authentic Chinese jade bi disc from the 20th century or older. These come from our private collection. Quality: very fine translucen...

A Magnificent Antique Chinese Natural Nephrite Jade Plaque . 19th C A CHINESE CELADON NEPHRITE JADE PLAQUE Late 19th /early 20th Century The foliate plaque incised with various...

An attractive Chinese Heavenly green jade Bi disk with beautiful translucent "cloud bands" patterns of light and medium green horizontal accents in the stone that depict appealing movements. This comes from our private collection which we formed over a period of twenty years while traveling extensively through out all of China. Dimensions: bi disc is 7 inches high with custom stand as shown Jades were handmade and hand abraided and hand polished using tools of the time: bamboo, stone, water and stone dust . Notice the considerable calcification on the bottom edge of this example- evidence of submersion and great age. Provenance: Our private collection and accompanied by our Schneible fine arts Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity. Jade bi and Cong History These bi are regarded as cosmological symbols and as signifiers of status and wealth. These jades are hand abraided and hand polished using special polishing tools with stone, water. Notice the beautiful colors and "waves" pattern in the stone, uncommon in this kind of jade. Provenance: Our private collection and accompanied by our Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity. Early History: Flat jade discs with a round central hole bi are among the earliest surviving artifacts of China and must be considered among great ancient art forms- masterpieces of the Neolithic period. Nephrite jade from which discs were fashioned is a prime hard and strong stone, arduous to work by hand using Primitive...

This is a guaranteed authentic ancient Chinese jade bi cache of ninety six (96) discs from the Qijia culture, Northwestern China, circa 3000-2000 BCE. Including Our Certificate of A...